Meigs County Receipts Gain in December Tax Stamp Sales
Meigs County Treasurer R G Yeager reports December stamp sales to Meigs merchants reached 8913.14 dollars. He expects year end collections to exceed earlier months as the tax apportionment method favors large counties like Cuyahoga Summit and Franklin, which paid more into the system than they received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Repy
R. G. Yegales
Webster Ted
Cuyahoga
Summit
Won
Fatal auto crash kills Dorothy Slocumb in Orient Ohio
Dorothy Slocumb of Middleport Ohio died after a Sunday car crash near Orient Ohio. She was 22 or 23 and a Capital University graduate and former Kanawha Elementary School teacher. A student driver Paul Freyburg of Union drove the car. Geneva Wurst of Columbus was a passenger. Slocumb was thrown from the vehicle and died of a fracture. She was the daughter of Harry H Slocumb and other family members survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leport
Stone Slocumb
Columbio
Orient
Ohio
Miss Slocumb
Paul Freyburg
Iie
Capitality
Geneva Wurst
Columbus
Socumb
Slocumb
Harry H. Slocumb
Middleport
Southern Ohio Electric Com
Slocumbs
Veran
Dereaved
Kanna
Genuate
Capital University
Sur
Oliver Veteran Rural Teacher Dies on Christmas Morn
Roy A. K. Oliver, retired writer and longtime county school teacher, died Christmas morning at his Mulberry Avenue home after illness. He served as one of the first rural teachers in the county and held the post for many years before retirement. He is survived by his wife Jane and two sons Raymond and Dwight. arrangements are being made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy A. K. Oliver
Wrier
Mulberry Ave
Llness
Oliver
Olver
Jane
Raymond
Dwight
Toda
Arrest Blotter Notes Christmas Intoxication Case
A blotter records a Day arrest for intoxication following a Christmas incident involving Gilbert Rowe. Additional arrests include Hawkins on a recklessness driving charge by Deputy Hawk and Mike Curtis jailed after intoxication on a prior Tuesday.
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Gilbert Rowe
Grindley
Hawkins
Hawk
Tease
Mike Curtis
How
Regular meeting of Daughters Veterans with Christmas bingo
The OY Regular meeting and a party of the Daughters Veterans were held Monday at Mrs. Nickham's home with Miss Clara assisting. The business session included a Christmas gift exchange and the evening concluded with bingo in which Miss Bar received the first prize awarded to Mr. John Chase.
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Monme
Ickham
Clara
Miss Bar
John Chase
Middleport Girls Give Holiday Party
Thirty eight members attended the Christmas party of the Future Home-Makers Association at the Middleport High School event held at Miss Mary Grate's Third Ave home. Hosts and helpers included Ellen Jane Mygatt Janice Collins Mary Lou Sauders Betty Cook Pauline Milch and Ruth Pickens. Decorations gifts and refreshments reflected Yuletide cheer while instructor Lena Mae Fels received a gift and the group exchanged presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mary Grate
Third Ave
Miss Grate
Ellen Jane Mygatt
Janice Collins
Mary Lou Sauders
Betty Cook
Pauline Milch
Ruth Pickens
Lena Mae Fels
Christmas Visitors Reach From Many Towns to Middleport
Leonard Wilson of New York Central Railroad and family visited in Zanesville. Charleston residents Fritz and Lettie Besserer and sister joined for Christmas. Columbus guests Daisy Saunders and Joan Hamilton spent holidays with relatives. Visitors from Indianapolis and Columbus joined locals for Christmas, with several returning home afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Leonard Wilson
The
New York Central Railroad
Zanesville
Will Besserer
Fritz Besserer
Lettie Besserer
Charleston
Small Girl Honored On Sixth Anniversary
Miss Patricia Karr daughter of Mr and Mrs Irving Karr Jr was guest of honor at a sixth birthday party. The guest list included Dor othy Duffield Don Duffield Tommy Fultz Sally Lutz Lee Smith and many others with gifts for the honored girl. Mrs Karr and sister in law Eleanor Karr hosted the event with Christmas greens decor and refreshments for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Patricia Karr
Irving Karr, Jr
Dorothy
Don Duffield
Tommy Fultz
Sally Lutz
Lee Smith
Mitty White
Virginia Sue
Sally Schaaf
Jenny Joe Wise
Mary
Bobby Fisher
Emmy Lou Klein
Connie Lee Koehler
Corky Rayburn Charlies Walburn
Joan Talbott
Jacqueline Grogan
Mildred Oblinger
Margaret Rife
Irene Ervin
Barbara McAllister
Jimmy Arnold
John Fults
Billy Fultz
Jimmy Whitlock
Coleen Waddell
Betty Lou Dempskey
Irene Hysell
Syracuse
Patricia
Karr
Local couples secure marriage licenses in probate court
Russell Buck 18 of Pomeroy and Mary Alice Gafney 16 of Rutland obtained a marriage license in probate court Tuesday. Edward Blackwood of Albany and Jennie Dean 25 percent of Pomeroy also received a second license. Wayne Carpenter 77 of Apple Grove and Virginia Johnson 28 of etart secured a license Monday. Middleport guest Betty Becker hosted a Mystery Club Christmas party with Becker home decorations a gift exchange and refreshments.
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Pomeroy Russell Buck
Pomeroy
Mary Alice Gafney
Rutland
Edward Blackwood
Albany
Jennie Dean
Wayne Carpenter
Apple Grove
Virginia Johnson
Etart
Middleport
Betty Becker
Mystery Club
Becker
Bradbury Couple Mark Four Generations at Golden Anniversary
Four generations gathered Sunday at Bradbury home to honor Mr. and Mrs. Val Hysell on their golden wedding anniversary. Guests included great grandson Richard Bailey, son Lester Bailey and wife Mary Jackson, daughter-in-law Nannie Russell, and Bennie Hoppess. Mrs. Hysell, active in Christ Church Bradbury, previously taught Sunday school. the couple once ran a dairy and later a grocery store before retiring in good health.
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Bradbury
Val Hysell
Richard Bailey
Lester Bailey
Bailey
Mary Jackson
Hysell
Morgan
James Hoppess
Benjamin Smith
Middleport
Christ Church
Award Given Baking Firm and Home Decorations
First prize for best decorated business place awarded on Christmas Eve to the Covert Baking Company judged by the Twilight Garden Club. Meigs Grocery second, Roush Shoe Store third, La Salle Hotel fourth. Residence decorations: Will Juhling home first, Mrs Frank Knopp second, Mrs Wittmer third, J. E. Harley fourth, Walter B. Harris fifth.
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Middleport
Covert Baking Company
Twilight Garden Club
Meigs Grocery
Roush Shoe Store
la Salle Hotel
Will Juhling
Frank Knopp
Wittmer
J. E. Harley
Walter B. Harris
Local Families Rally for Yuletide in Pomeroy and Bedford
Mr and Mrs A V Howell and two daughters visit in Bedford Ind with Dr and Mrs Harold Mc Knight. J E Tracy family of three children and spouses gather for first 18 year Yuletide reunion. George Edward Nye party returns from Columbus hospital visit with nurse Miss Nelle Bing. Hartleys, Downies and Russells share holiday time on Lincoln Hill and E Main St. Anns Elliott of Athens joins Theron Russell on Butternut Ave for Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
A. V. Howell
Harold McKnight
Bedford
Ind
J. E. Tracy
Floyd Tracy
Akron
Ernest
Texas
Ed Smith
George Edward Nye
George Nye
Columbus
Nelle Bing
Nye
Oliver A. Hartley
C A. Hartley
Lincoln Hill
Malcolm Hartley
Edwards
Anns Elliott
Athens
Theron Russell
Butternut Ave
Maryland Youth Is Victim of Accident
Roy Kerr, 25, of Hyattsville Maryland, lay near death in a hospital after his neck was broken when a sport roadster overturned on a wet crossing near Porterfield. Four other young men in the car escaped with minor injuries as relatives rushed to his bedside.
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Parkersburg
Roy Kerr
Hyattsville
Porterfield
Canton
Hese
Maryland
Ladies Aid Christmas Party At M. E. Church
The Guysville Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church held its annual Christmas party at Mrs. F. B. Bean’s home with twelve members. Officers elected for next year were Faye Chapman president Corene Robinson vice president Freda Bean secretary Gladys Fuller treasurer Mayme Ashcraft pianist. Refreshments served by the hostess and Mrs. Laura Barnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysville
Ladies Aid
M. E. Church
F. B. Bean
Faye Chapman
Corene Robinson
Freda Bean
Gladys Fuller
Mayme Ashcraft
Laura Barnett
Nelle Smart
Reipre
Elisa Coleman
Ina Coleman
Bernard Coleman
Eliza Coleman
Charlies
James Pearcey
Salem
W. Va
Mary Connell Pearcey
A. A. Campbell
Nelsonville
Cedric Campbell
Bruce Chapman
Athens
Jo McLaughlin
Akron
Judith Johnson
Lucy Johnson
Jacksonville
William Johnson
Columbus
M. E
Janice Coleman
Clarice Cunningham
Masonic Hall
Kate Snodgrass
Clarence Hatfield
Eva May
Coolville
Clarence Fuller
Harter Fortney
Marietta
Mra
Merwin Bryson
Esther
Hamden
Bryson
Emory Bean
L. D. Robinson
Cairo, W. Va
Coolville Grange Invites Children to Saturday Party
Coolville Troy Subordinate Grange hosts its annual Christmas party after the regular meeting on Saturday. A ten cent gift exchange follows, then a treat for Juvenile Grange with homemade candy popcorn and apples. Juveniles will have their party earlier in the day.
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Coolville
Troy
Grange
F. G. Runions
Newbury Needle Club
E. Rock St
Conaway
F. W. Chapman
Frances Goodwin
Ohio University
O. R. Kiracofe
Belpre
O. D. Goodwin
Bridgeport
W. Va
E. H. Stout
Francis and
Mary Gaskins
Etta
Ora Dunfee
Dunfee
Wood St
William Westervelt
Athens
W. A. Westervelt
Christmas operettas delight crowd with student talent
The Christmas operetta staged Friday by pupils under the music supervisor and teachers drew a large audience. Nearby telegraph operator Leo Bighouse, furloughed months ago, was called back to work last week near Toledo. Joseph Driscoll and sister Miss Nelle Driscoll visited relatives in Athens over Christmas. Ezra Dixon and Mrs moved into a First Street house recently vacated by Bundy Brooks. the Brooks family bought a house on the same street from the state. Anne Hayes returned to Cincinnati Tuesday after visiting her sister Miss Lucy Hayes. Mrs. O J Moriarty and nephew Leo Murphy attended a relative’s funeral in Chillicothe Friday. W G Betz visited Parkersburg Monday.
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Zaleski
Leo Bighouse
Toledo
John Kale
Joseph Driscoll
Nelle Driscoll
Chillicothe
W. G. Betz
Parkersburg
Straitsville Christmas carols enliven church service
Large Straitsville audience hears high school youth sing Christmas carols under Miss Mildred Billkan at M FE church. Later a group visited shut ins with carols. Various locals and travelers visited family, attended funerals, or traveled to Columbus and nearby towns for holidays and religious events.
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New Straitsville
M_ FE
Mildred Billkan
Rillkan
Fred Newman
Lew Newman
William Edwards
Twinsburg
Margaret Edward
Betty Otator
Ohio University
Goldie Otator
Freda Nutter
Charlies
Samuel Nixon
Michigan
William Nixon
Betty Stephenson
Ruth Howdyshell
P M Strain
C.D. Strain
Gertrude
Logan
George Lanning
Gertrude Mill
Margaret Edwarde
William
Columbus
Mary Margaret Blankenship
George Wienis i
Hardin
Fultonham
Timmerman
Newark
Ralph McCannon
West Branch
Dorothy
Burt Lemon
Zanesville
John Sweazy
Harry Strain
Breckenridge
Mich
Shawnee
Straiteville
Thomas Wiseman
Mound Crossing
Levi Palmer
R. FD No. 1
Somerset
Ister
Gladys Ornder
Howard Blankenship
Company F Second Infantry
Detroit
Fred Blankenship
Sixteen Mines Reopen District After Christmas Holiday
CHAUNCEY After a holiday on Wednesday, 16 mines in the district were reopened for work Thursday per the daily report. The mines listed include No. 5, No. 8, No. 28, No. 69, No. 267, No. 255, Ohio No. 1, Chauncey N. Y. 25, Poston No. 6, Hocking, Kimberly, Carbondale, Luh rig, Coonville, Lick Run, Coonville and Salem Hollow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Ohio No
Chauncey N. Y
Poston No
Hocking
Kimberly
Carbondale
Luhrig
Coonville
Lick Run
Salem Hollow
Mrs Lulu Smith Glass Fractures Knee in Chauncey Fall
Lulu Smith Glass of Chauncey suffered a fracture of the left knee in a fall at her Main Street home Tuesday after returning from shopping. She slipped while climbing steps and sustained the injury.
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Chauncey
Lulu Smith Glass
Main St
Sunday School Elects Officers for Next Year
CHAUNCEY The Millfield Methodist Sunday School elected officers for the coming year. Leonard Simpson is Superintendent, Eben Gillespie assistant superintendent, Merie Brown secretary, May Howard treasurer, Mrs Bertha Simpson pianist, Kathryn Gillespie assistant pianist. The MFEF Church board will meet December 90 at 7 p m at the church. all members are asked to attend.
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Chauncey
Millfield Methodist Sunday School
Leonard Simpson
Eben Gillespie
Merie Brown
May Howard
Bertha Simpson
Kathryn Gillespie
MFEF
Pocahontas Council Wins State Award for Second Place
Chauncey Mazon Council No 93 in Millfield earned a five dollar award for second place in the state membership campaign. The prize went to the Mazon Council instead of Mrs Alice Theisen as previously stated.
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Chauncey
Mazon Council No 93
Degree
Pocahontas
Millfield
Mazon Council
Mra
Alice Theisen
Miss Corbin Dies After Yearlong Illness
Miss Virginia Corbin, about 78, died Christmas afternoon at her home on North Fourth Street after an illness of nearly a year. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Corbin a pioneer salt man of the Civil War era. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. In Middleport, large crowds gathered when the reg hound line bound for Huntington arrived Tuesday afternoon, needing a taxi to accommodate the crowds.
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Middleport
Virginia Corbin
N. Fourth St
Joseph Corbin
Reghound
Huntington
Hold up at dairy wagon ends in injuries in East Liverpool
Clarence Dickey, 4, in critical condition from an abdomen wound and his brother Frank, 37, recovering from a arm injury after two gunmen attempted a dairy wagon robbery. They demanded milk and fled in an automobile without taking any money.
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Liverpool
Clarence Dickey
Frank
Chauncey Social Personal Mention
William Theisen returned home to Millfield from a Columbus hospital after surgery. Chauncey and neighboring families hosted and visited relatives from Carlisle Kentucky New York Giouster and Nelsonville. Ailing Sand Ridge resident Gertie McCune received care at home. Frances Harvey of Detroit visited Chauncey with Harvey family parents Noah S Harvey.
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Chauncey
William Theisen
Millfield
Columbus
J. W. Hickman
Martha
Carlisle
Hickman
Goldie Fielder
Mr. Hickman
P. W. Hickman
Nelsonville
Carlos Rutter
Lizzie McCune
Delmont Rutter
New York
Lawrence Rutter
Iris
Giouster
Parkersburg
Hughie McCune
Bobby
Gertie McCune
Sand Ridge
Marvin Keirns
Ivan Matheny
Matheny
Taylor Ridge Church Presents Christmas Play Tuesday
Taylor Ridge Church of Christ staged a Christmas entertainment Tuesday night featuring a miniature Inn manger and angel scenes arranged by Carl Hilderbrand. The school collected 7.00 for the Cleveland Christian Home, with a large community tree and children’s treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Taylor Ridge
Greens Run Church Class Honors Pastor
The Co-Op Class of Greens Run Church of Christ held its December meeting and Christmas party at Mr and Mrs Emmett Olbers home. Officers elected for the coming year include president Myrtie Olbers vice president Verna Swartz secretary Nyla Cane non and treasurer Pearl Brown. The class donated 10 to the building fund and gave a gift to Rev Gilbert Courtney. A gift exchange and refreshments followed with attendees including Mr and Mrs Dave Swartz Mr and Mrs Emmett Olbers Mrs Leona Dalton Nyla Cannon Wilbur Cartwright Mr and Mrs Elmer Davis Mrs Helen Fierbaugh Ernest Cartwright and Rev Gilbert Courtney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Church of Christ
Emmett Olebers
Olebers
Mra Myrtie Olbers
Mra
Verna Swartz
Nyla Canenon
Pearl Brown
Gilbert Courtney
Dave Swartz
Emerett Olbers
Leona Dalton
Nyle Cannon
Wilbur Cartwright
Elmer Davis
Helen Fierbaugh
Ernest Cartwright
Glibert Courtney
Middleport Star Art Lewis Shines in Columbus Photo
Middleport’s football ace Art Lewis of Ohio University appeared in the Columbus sports section. The image shows Lewis in a cape and rain gear as part of a college all star lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Art Lewis
Ohio University
Columbus
Cape Rains
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A. K. Oliver
Fred
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Chester Russell
Sharon
Indianapolis
Harry Russell
Robert
Marjorie Harris
Robert Harris
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Lou E. Saunders
Charles Guthrey Winston
William Winston
Wilberforce College
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M. J. McCarty
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R. C. Meadows
Bertha Hamilton
Thomas Longstaff
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Betty Marcum
Clyde Battyn
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Charlies Snyder
Miss Becker
Isaac Wilson
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Covert Company
Pomers Ry Personals
Guysville News
Coolville Grange
the Mutual Home & Savings Ass'n
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Majestic Theatre
Straitsville News
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Miss Corbin
Wunder
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Women's Oxfords
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